The IWOC became a publisher in our early years with reprints of rare Baum material, previously unpublished Oz manuscripts and Bibliographia Oziana, a definitive guide to collecting Oz books. Today’s print-on-demand capabilities and online marketing opportunities greatly improve our ability to contribute to the growing body of Oz reference and fiction works.
The year 2000 marked the publication centennial of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and major steps forward for the Oz Club. We established an office space in San Francisco to house our archives and collections and we published a new Oz novel, Gina Wickwar’s The Hidden Prince of Oz, for which we had held a manuscript submission contest.
Years in the planning, the Club also hosted a four-day centennial event on the campus of Indiana University.
Author Gina Wickwar and Illustrator Anna Maria Cool.